In a sigh of relief for Indians, the UK government has dropped the proposition to raise the minimum income threshold required to bring family members to the UK. The new Labour Party government has shelved this rule which suggested a planned ‘incremental’ increase in the minimum income threshold at Rs 41.5 lakh annually for British nationals and permanent residents applying to bring family members to join them in the UK. If initiated, such a hike would have impacted several Indians living in the UK.